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LUANDA, Angola, May 19—Angola's Prime Minister said last night that his Government's foreign policy was based on nonalignment with any bloc but at the same time on preferential relations with what he called the socialist countries, particularly Cuba.
NJ Sen, 16-23, rejects proposed state income tax bill supported by teachers, action which brings threat by NJ Sup Ct to close pss on July 1 unless Legis appropriates $1.1-billion by then as state's share of next school yr's $3.3-billion budget; Sen flounders over bill to set minimum standards that NJ's 1,450,000 pupils would have to meet to advance from grade to grade (S)
Dr Jascalevich is indicted May 19 on charges of murdering 5 patients at Riverdell Hosp, Oradell, NJ, in '66; indictment does not specify manner in which alleged murders were committed, but prosecution will argue that Jascalevich 'willfully' killed patients with curare; investigation revd; Jascalevich atty Ray Brown enters plea of not guilty'; Jascalevich is released on $150,000 bail; details regarding deaths of 5 patients: Carl Rohrbeck, Nancy Savino, Frank Biggs, Margaret Henderson and Emma M Arzt; Jascalevich illus (L)
Rev of '76 Pres campaign finds Carter vulnerable after his poor showings in Mich and Md Dem Pres primaries; new signs of stop-Carter activity include draft-Humphrey com being formed by NY Dem leader Joseph F Crangle and Repr Paul Simon; AFL-CIO pres George Meany and Sen Jackson say they will not join stop-Carter campaign; final count of delegates won by each candidate in Mich and Md primaries (L)
15-yr-old Stuyvesant HS (NYC) student Mark Kleiman achieves perfect score and wins '76 US Math Olympiad; will lead Amer team of 8 students to Internatl Olympiad, Lienz (Austria), planned for July '76; sample problem; illus (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 19, 1976, covering May 20, 1976.
The Rolling Stones
Wings
Peter Frampton
Led Zeppelin
Marvin Gaye
1976Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan-American baseball player[†]
Ramón José Hernández Marin is a Venezuelan former professional baseball catcher and current major league staff assistant for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB with the Oakland Athletics (1999–2003), San Diego Padres (2004–2005), Baltimore Orioles (2006–2008), Cincinnati Reds (2009–2011), Colorado Rockies (2012) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2013).
1976Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player[†]
Tomoya Satozaki is a former Japanese professional baseball player. He played his entire career with the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for Japan in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, and made the 2006 All-World Baseball Classic team.
1976Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1911)[†]
Sydney Harris Howe was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Howe played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Quakers, Toronto Maple Leafs, St. Louis Eagles and Detroit Red Wings.
1976Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (born 1924)[†]
Zelmar Raúl Michelini Guarch was a Uruguayan reporter and politician, assassinated in Buenos Aires in 1976 as part of Operation Condor.
1976Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Uruguayan politician (born 1934)[†]
Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz was a former President of the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay who was assassinated in Operation Condor.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]